vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-16994: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2017-937)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Nov 27, 2017 | Dec 22, 2017 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 27, 2017
Added
Dec 22, 2017
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
Description
The walk_hugetlb_range function in mm/pagewalk.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.2 mishandles holes in hugetlb ranges, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized kernel memory via crafted use of the mincore() system call.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
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